From Endana Rough to Opalescent Color-Shifting Sapphire: A Natural Unheated Journey to Norway

A 10.68 ct natural sapphire rough from Endana, Sri Lanka, was transformed into a 4.00 ct custom pear-shaped sapphire while preserving its natural rutile silk, opalescent character and lavender-blue to pink light-dependent color shift. At City of Gem, some of the most interesting gemstones are not necessarily the stones with the simplest color or the easiest cutting plan. They are stones that present several possible directions and require a decision about which natural characteristics should be preserved. This sapphire was exactly that kind of project. The journey be